Quilting attachment for sewing-machines



(No Model.)

T. A. HILL & J. P-EEL LE. QUILTING ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING MACHINES.

Patented Mar. 16, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TERELIUS A. HILL AND JESSE PEELLE, OF MARYVILLE, TENNESSEE.

QUILTING ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,154, dated March16, 1886.

(No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that we, TERELIUS A. HILL and JEssE PEELLE, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Maryville, in the county of Blount and Stateof Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inQuilting- Frame Attachments for Sewing-Machines; and we do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inquilting attachments for sewingmachines; and it consists-in details ofconstruction, arrangement, and combination of parts, as more fullyhereinafter set forth and claimed.

The object of the invention is to devise a simple, cheap, durable, andportable track or frame to be readily attached to or removed from thetable of a sewing-machine, and made adjustable to various heights oftables by the inclination given to the upright supports.

A further object is to improve the construction of the carriage forcarrying the material to be quilted; and it consists in providing thesame with a series of rolls arranged in a horizontal plane, the onereceiving the quilted fabric being free to move vertically in itsbearings, to adjust itself to the varying increase of its diameter asthe material is wound thereon, thereby keeping the material to bequilted always in a horizontal plane and on the machine-plate, while theroller extremely opposite to the one just described, and in the samehorizontal plane, carries the surfacing material, and at the same timeis made to serve the purpose of a guide to give direction to the fabricand packing or wadding which is carried by a roller arranged on a higherplane and in advance of the guide-roller, thus affording betterfacilities for keeping the fabrics and packing always even, and fordetecting any folds or creases that may accidentally exist.

These objects we attain by the construction shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which-- Figure 1 represents a plan view of a sewing machinetable having our attachment thereon. Fig. 2 is a side view elevation ofthe carriage, with its near side removed to show the position of therollers and the direction of the fabrics. Fig. 3 is an end elevationlooking in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspectiveview of the track or frame.

The machine-table A has attached thereto the frame 0, on which runs ortraverses the carriage D. The frame 0 is made of two correspondingparts, each consisting of a rectangular frame, 0, provided with supportshinged to their outer ends, and clamps E on their inner ends, whichclamps consist of a metallic plate, 6, secured to the upper surface ofthe side bars of the sections 0, and a spring plate, e, secured to theirunder side by a thumb-screw, F. The sections '0 are held together by abar, G, secured thereto by setscrews 9.

The frame 0 is secured to amachine-table by the clamps E, and issupported by the legs 0, which are inclined to the machine to suittables of different heights. detached can be stowed in small compass, asthe legs fold on the sections and the sections can be placed one on theother. The plates 6 of the clamps are flush with the face of the sidebars of the sections 0, and extend to within a short distance of eachother when the frame is in place, to form a nearly uninterrupted trackon which the carriage D traverses, the ends of said plates being beveledto avoid giving any sudden jolt to the carriage in its passage over thegap between the plates.

The carriage D consists of side plates, H, braced by transverse bars hh, and carries rollers I I I. Flanged rollers J, suitably secured to theside plates of the carriage, are designed to run on the track andrelieve the friction.

In practice, the frame 0 being adjusted and the carriage being providedwith the fabrics to be quilted, the'roller I carrying the under fabricand the wadding, and the roller 1 carrying the other or upper fabric,said carriage is placed on the track, the roller 1 extending beneath thearm B of the machine, which latter being set in motion the carriage isfed transversely and the fabrics quilted. An elastic band or strap, K,is attached to the side of This frame when the carriage, and is designedto be attached to the fabrics, to prevent the same gathering or tuckingwhile being quilted, while an elastic finger, L, serves as a marker, andto keep the fabrics down on the machine-table at their forward orinitial edge. The spring or elastic finger L possesses sufficientrigidity to press on the fabrics at their forward or initial edge tokeep them down on the table, while at the same time it yields to andpermits different thicknesses of stuff to pass beneath the same with-Out raising the carriage off the track, which would be the case if thebar were non-yielding. After one'line of quilting,the carriage isreturned to its normal or starting position,the set-screws M of thethreaded journals N of the various rollersare' slackened, the fabricsfed forward the proper distance for the next stitching, and theset-screws tightened, when the device is in readiness for the nextoperation.

It will be noticed that the roller 1, around which the quilted fabriciswound, is journaled in slots 2' in the sides of the carriage. Thisisimportant, as the bulk of the roller gradually increases at eachwinding, and it permits the same to rise so as to keep the fabricin ahorizontal' position. An elastic strap, 0, passes over each of saidslots 1 to prevent the acct dental displacement of the roller I. One endof the straps is fixedly secured to the sides beyond the slots,while theother endis provided with an eyelet, 0, to enter one of a series ofOpenings, 0, in the ends of the sides H of the carriage, to allow forthe slack or give of the straps.

' By making the straps O of elastic material the roller 1 may be removedor replaced with out freeing either end of the straps, and provision ismade for the journals of the roller to rise above the level of the topedge of the sides esalse H of the carriage. The tension on these strapsmaybe regulated by adjusting the eye-' 1. In aquilting attachment forsewing-Inachines, the combination of a frame made in correspondingsect-ions, each provided with a hinged support at one end and a clamp atthe other or adjacent end, consisting of plates extending flush with theupper face of the sections to extend across the machine-table and form anearly continuous track, and springplates secured to the under side ofsaid sec tions by screws, substantially as set forth, and a bar to holdthe sections together, as shown and described.

1 2. In a quilting attachment for sewing-inachines, the combination of acarriage provided with rollers carrying the fabrics to be quilted, of atake-up roller mounted in vertical slots, and elastic bands, as O,rigidly secured at one side of the slots, over which they extend, andadj ustabl y secured at their outer ends, substantially as shown, andfor the purpose described.

3. The combination,with a carriage, forthe purpose herein set forth, ofan elastic band or strap, K, andaspring marking-finger attached to theforward or initial side of the carriage, substantially as shown, and forthe purposes specified.

"In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

TERELIUS A. HILL. JESSE PEELLE.

W'itnesses:

M. ILEDMoNDsoN, J. H. BLANKINSI-IIP.

